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<note> <note>
<para>The <literal>-f <replaceable>format</replaceable></literal> flag is optional. <para>The <literal>-f <replaceable>format</replaceable></literal> flag is optional.
If omitted, <command>qemu-img</command> will try to infer the image format.</para> If omitted, <command>qemu-img</command> will try to infer the image format.</para>
<para>When converting an image file with Windows OS, ensure the virtio driver is
installed. Otherwise, you will get a blue screen of death or BSOD when
launching the image due to lack of the virtio driver. Another option is to
set the image properties as below when you update the image in glance to
avoid this issue, but it will reduce performance significantly.</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>glance image-update --property hw_disk_bus='ide' image_id</userinput></screen>
</note> </note>
</para> </para>
</simplesect> </simplesect>